Minor League Schedule: Casey Sadler Gets a Rare Home Start Tonight

Seven teams are on the schedule today. Bradenton had their Sunday suspended in the fifth inning. They were leading 3-1 at the time. The game will be finished on August 22nd prior to the start of their regularly scheduled game. Bradenton is off today. Check out the Prospect Watch from last night. All minor league transactions over the last month can be found at the bottom of the page. Click the link on each pitcher’s name for more information.

Casey Sadler will make his 13th start of the season tonight. He has also pitched four times in relief for the Pittsburgh Pirates. For Indianapolis, he has thrown 74 innings, allowing five homers and 14 walks. He has 47 strikeouts, a 1.88 GO/AO ratio and a .244 BAA. In his last start, Sadler gave up four runs(three earned) on nine hits and no walks over 5.1 innings. He has made just three home starts this year, posting a 2.30 ERA. In nine road starts, he has a nearly identical 2.31 ERA.

Adrian Sampson will make his 18th start of the season tonight. He has pitched a total of 99 innings, allowing 92 hits, five homers and 20 walks. He has 75 strikeouts, a 1.08 GO/AO ratio and a .247 BAA. In his last start, Sampson went six innings, allowing one run on eight hits and no walks. Last time he faced Erie, he went six innings, giving up two runs on seven hits and two walks. Sampson has a 2.68 ERA in eight home starts.

Buddy Borden will make his 17th start of the season. He has also pitched once in relief. Borden has thrown a total of 75.1 innings, allowing 68 hits, ten homers and 33 walks. He has 65 strikeouts, an 0.95 GO/AO ratio and a .239 BAA. In his last start, Borden went five innings, giving up three runs on five hits, with no walks and eight strikeouts. All three runs scored on solo homers. Last time he faced Delmarva, Borden was knocked out after giving up three runs and reaching his single inning pitch limit in the first inning.

Alex McRae will make his fifth start of the season. The 2014 tenth round pick has allowed two runs in each of his last two outings. McRae threw shutout ball in each of his first two starts. He walked three batters in his last outing after not issuing a walk in his first three starts. He has a .190 BAA and hasn’t allowed a homer.

John Dreker

John was born in Kearny, NJ, hometown of the 2B for the Pirates 1909 World Championship team, Dots Miller. In fact they have some of the same relatives in common, so it was only natural for him to become a lifelong Pirates fan. Before joining Pirates Prospects in July 2010, John had written numerous articles on the history of baseball while also releasing his own book and co-authoring another on the history of the game. He writes a weekly article on Pirates history for the site, has already interviewed many of the current minor leaguers with many more on the way and follows the foreign minor league teams very closely for the site. John also provides in person game reports of the West Virginia Power and Altoona Curve.